2. endless time, space, or quantity. 3. an infinitely or indefinitely great number or amount. 4. (General Physics) optics photog a point that is far enough away from a lens, mirror, etc, for the light emitted by it to fall in parallel rays on the surface of the lens, etc.
universal. adjective. 1  Of, relating to, or affecting the entire universe: the universal laws of physics. 2  Including, relating to, or affecting all members of the class or group under consideration; applicable in all cases: universal vaccination; universal suffrage.
Universal History redirects here. For other uses, see Universal History (disambiguation). Universal history is a term for a work aiming at the presentation of the history of humankind as a whole, as a coherent unit. It is basic to the Western tradition of historiography, corresponding in scope to what in contemporary terminology would be called world history. As world history, universal history is the representation of general facts both of entire nations and of individuals. Its uses are manifold.